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{{en-langs|[[board of Trustees|English]] - [[Conseil d'administration|Français]]}} |
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The corporate structure of Wikimedia Foundation is composed of five trustees according to [[Wikimedia Foundation bylaws]], article IV. |
The corporate structure of Wikimedia Foundation is composed of five trustees according to [[Wikimedia Foundation bylaws]], article IV. |
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The Board is also empowered to set up committees to delegate its powers (art. 4 sec. 3). There is currently a proposal for individual [[Wikimedia Project Governing Committees]] that delegate the issues relating to issues such as policy and member disputes on each individual Wikimedia project. |
The Board is also empowered to set up committees to delegate its powers (art. 4 sec. 3). There is currently a proposal for individual [[Wikimedia Project Governing Committees]] that delegate the issues relating to issues such as policy and member disputes on each individual Wikimedia project. |
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===Jimbo Wales=== |
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===Michael Davis=== |
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Little is known... |
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[[Image:TimShell.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Tim Shell, self-photo]] |
[[Image:TimShell.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Tim Shell, self-photo]] |
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Tim Shell is a founding partner of [[Bomis]]. He lives in the [[Mojave Desert]] but he can't stand the sun. He claims to have had an important role in the creation of Wikipedia, but has no way of proving this. |
Tim Shell is a founding partner of [[w:en:Bomis]]. He lives in the [[Mojave Desert]] but he can't stand the sun. He claims to have had an important role in the creation of Wikipedia, but has no way of proving this. |
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He likes [[Epicurus]], [[Ayn Rand]], [[Eric Hoffer]], [[Julian Simon]], and [[Friedrich Hayek]] and thinks [[Mark Twain]] wrote better English than just about anyone else. |
He likes [[Epicurus]], [[Ayn Rand]], [[Eric Hoffer]], [[Julian Simon]], and [[Friedrich Hayek]] and thinks [[Mark Twain]] wrote better English than just about anyone else. |
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''I think [[socialism]] and [[creationism]] are in essence the same theory (centrally planned order imposed on the system by a higher authority that exists outside the system). Both theories are equally absurd. I think evolutionists who see spontaneous order in complex natural systems, while advocating central planning in complex human systems, have zero intellectual integrity.''<br> |
''I think [[socialism]] and [[creationism]] are in essence the same theory (centrally planned order imposed on the system by a higher authority that exists outside the system). Both theories are equally absurd. I think evolutionists who see spontaneous order in complex natural systems, while advocating central planning in complex human systems, have zero intellectual integrity.''<br> |
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''I believe in every god I've ever seen.'' |
''I believe in every god I've ever seen.'' |
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===Florence Devouard=== |
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She is a french woman of 36, with two kids of 6 and 8. She is a [[w:en:Grandes Ecoles|engineer]] in Agronomy and currently works in a firm making decision tools in sustainable agriculture. |
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===Angela Beesley=== |
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== Other links == |
== Other links == |
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